The lens focuses images and can be affected by cataracts and aging The lens is a curved structure in the eye that sits behind ...

Mechanical engineers have developed a system of artificial cilia capable of monitoring mucus conditions in human airways to better detect infection, airway obstruction, or the severity of diseases ...

For a long time, almost all attention was on the motile cilia because their function was readily observable. But scientists, starting with Alexander Kowalevsky had reported the presence of single ...

A complication of this is primary ciliary dyskinesia, which impacts the “cilia, tiny hair-like organs that help your body ...

Recently, teams led by Prof. Jun Zhou and Assoc Prof. Jie Ran from Shandong Normal University revealed that ciliary ...

Beta-blockers specifically act on the ciliary body in the eye. This is the part of the eye responsible for producing the fluid in the eye called aqueous humor. For these types of eye drops ...

Today, with our eyes glued to smartphone and laptop screens 24x7, our vision is continuously subjected to eyestrain and ...

PulseSight plans to submit a phase I clinical trial authorization (CTA) by the end the year, to be closely followed by a phase II proof-of-concept to demonstrate the efficacy and the safety of its ...

Earlier this year, Dong received an R21 Trailblazer Award from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and ...

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A drug long used in Eastern Europe for neurodegenerative disorders but never approved in the United States was better than ...

然而当体内的自由基过多的时候，就会攻击人体，带来的危害极大：破坏细胞膜、使蛋白酶失去活性、加速细胞衰老、导致细胞变异、破坏基因等等，会引发衰老、疾病甚至死亡。所以清除体内过多的自由基是延缓衰老、维持健康的关键。负氧离子是有效清除自由基的方法之一。